Archive: In the Press
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HBCUs Partner With Georgetown to Turn Environmental Data into Solutions
The Environmental Impact Data Collaborative created an interactive platform that hosts more than 145 datasets alongside digital tools that make it faster and easier to combine…
May 15, 2023
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Can controversial zoning changes tackle affordable housing issues?
Arlington, Virginia, will now allow the construction of Missing Middle Housing where only single-family homes could once be.…
May 12, 2023
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Songbirds, dusk and clear skies: Scientists explore migratory flights
A pair of studies suggests the birds rely on the onset of dusk and the suggestion of fair skies ahead as signs for taking.…
May 6, 2023
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These vibrant sea creatures are thriving in the great pacific garbage patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t an impassable, solid mass in the middle of the ocean, but rather a lively, swirling soup of discarded trash and microplastics that churn…
May 5, 2023
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A surprising number of drifting sea creatures found living in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
With neustons so plentiful in the Sargasso, the scientists wondered if there might also be a neuston presence in an ocean region shaped by similar surface current activity: the…
May 5, 2023
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The Harmful Side Effect of Cleaning Up the Ocean
Patches of floating plastic are teeming with life, and cleanup companies hauling trash out of the water risk destroying a marine.…
May 5, 2023
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Giant Garbage Patch in the North Pacific is home to an abundance of life
While the plastic waste in this region is well-documented, little is known about the floating ocean creatures inhabiting the area, such as jellyfish (cnidarians), snails,…
May 4, 2023
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Most Ocean Plastic Flows From Rivers. Can Giant Trash Barriers Stop It? | World Wide Waste
The Ocean Cleanup started removing plastic from the ocean a decade ago. But most of that plastic comes from rivers, so it started building solar-powered river cleaners to catch…
May 1, 2023
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China Watcher: Secret police — Fentanyl frustration — Photon Media
Joanna Lewis is director of the Science, Technology and International Affairs Program at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and an expert on…
April 20, 2023
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Jumpin’ Jupiter, Ferry Tales, and More Best Bets for April 13–19
The Potomac River, despite being ever-present in the backdrop of D.C., isn’t talked about that much, except for that time pop singer Lorde took an ill-advised swim in it. A…
April 17, 2023